Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Fun With Food



She's going to be so embarrassed when she sees all these "food on my face" pictures later on in her life. But for the moment, they're absolutely adorable.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Happy One and a Half Birthday!

As we promised her when she was born, we celebrated her half birthday today with cupcakes and a present. She got a little baking set (that you can really use to cook, but it's all toddler-size pieces) and a yellow cupcake with chocolate icing. She LOVES chocolate, as you can see.



At her 18-month appointment last week she was a little over 22 lbs and 33 inches tall. She has a vocabulary of 50+ words at this point, and is on to two-word sentences, like "Mommy help," "Feed Kitty," "Cracker Please," and so on. She's doing pretend play, which is very interesting and early.... she'll "feed" her stuffed animals and give them drinks, and then put them to bed. It's adorable.

She is the light at the end of every day, and my joy in the morning. Happy 18-month Birthday PeeWee.

For those readers of this blog, an update on our TTC journey. We did get a positive pregnancy test back in early May, and initially the bloodwork looked good. But subsequent ultrasounds revealed no heartbeat and no growth, and multiple attempts at initiating a natural miscarriage with medication failed. So today I had a D&C. This is my 6th pregnancy, my 5th miscarriage. We wait a cycle, and then possibly do a HSG to check for scar tissue since this is my 4th D&C. If all is clear, then we move back into TTC again. I don't know what we do if I miscarry again. I won't think about it unless we get there.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Rattleworm's Day at the Zoo

Rattleworm and Emma had a very nice time. He got to see all sorts of animals, and spent some face-to-face time with a long-lost cousin in the reptile house! It was a gorgeous day to go to the zoo.

We started at the Flamingos....

Then went to the Reptile House. She loves the interactive exhibit.


Turtles!!


Snake!

Rattleworm's long-lost cousin? What do you think?


One more turtle...

Off to see the Kangaroos!


Stopped for a snack by the Gibbons.... they weren't high up today.


Oh my... that's right. It's the World's Largest Stinkiest Flower!


Look Mom, I'm sitting on an Ape!

Bye-bye everyone!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Thank You Uncle Dean!

She loves, loves, loves her new drawing table. :) Thank you so very, very much. I cannot tell you how wonderful this is going to be for her!